Chapter 18 The Sudden Outbreak of the Great Decisive Battle

When the nine black chains coiled around, the Heavenly Punishment Ji Ning swung his two divine swords at them, but they only caused a tremor in space and could not block them at all.

"Not good." Ji Ning also saw the distant True Immortal Chibing take out a red jade pure vase, and immediately hesitated no longer.

"Out."

Ji Ning could no longer afford to hold back. He had originally planned to hide his strength and find an opportunity to deal a heavy blow to the Netherworld Gate, but now he could not afford that. Although Senior Hongxue and the other seven Heavenly Gods could emerge at any time, their strength was immense. Once they joined forces to form the Seven Luminaries Heavenly God, it would likely take a True God or Dao Ancestor to suppress them. This force could completely change the situation of the Great Xia war, and Ji Ning was unwilling to use it unless it was a truly critical moment.

Swish, swish.

Two immortal swords appeared in the hands of the Heavenly Punishment Ji Ning out of thin air. They were the Pure Yang supreme-grade flying swords, the 'Ananda Universal World Swords'. These were true immortal swords, not transformed from the 'Po Jian' magic treasure, and when used to execute sword techniques, their power was even greater. At the same time, Ji Ning also activated his heartforce and soul operation technique for the first time in battle.

"Rumble~~~" With heartforce as the commander and soul as the soldiers, they harmoniously and madly mobilized all available power, and the boundless power contained in the Heavenly Punishment was massively channeled.

The power of the Heavenly Punishment Ji Ning instantly surged more than threefold. Even so, his heartforce and soul technique had not even reached minor success.

"Break for me, ahhh!" The Heavenly Punishment Ji Ning, wielding the two Ananda Universal World Swords, erupted with all his strength. As he swung the two immortal swords, they transformed into dazzling blood-colored light, which even turned into a blood-colored divine dragon. The two swords became two blood-colored long dragons, madly pouncing on the coiling black chains.

The Eleventh Stance of the Three-Foot Sword — Dragon Battling in the Wild!

This sword strike contained the mysteries of the Dao of the Sword that Ji Ning had comprehended.

This sword strike contained the madness of eighteen years of battle in the Silent Extinction Domain.

This sword strike also contained the resolute battle intent Ji Ning had accumulated over the three years of the Great Xia war.

The Eleventh Stance of the Three-Foot Sword, condensed from all this, represented Ji Ning's current strongest sword technique! Self-created techniques... are the most suitable for oneself, because one understands all the mysteries within them and can execute them to absolute perfection. But learning others' sword techniques, no matter how well one learns them, even if one reaches great success, one can never achieve true absolute perfection.

Only the creator can achieve this kind of absolute perfection!

"Bang, bang, bang~~~" The two immortal swords swung, and one blood-colored divine dragon after another madly pounced on the coiling black chains.

To the naked eye...

It was as if more than ten blood-colored divine dragons were resisting the black chains. The originally overwhelmingly powerful black chains, faced with Ji Ning's eruption, although they still held firm and continued to surround Ji Ning, could not completely bind him and render him helpless.

"Why haven't you come in yet? What are you waiting for!" The distant True Immortal Chibing held the red jade pure vase, its mouth aimed at Ji Ning.

Rumble~~~

A powerful force acted upon the Heavenly Punishment Ji Ning.

"Hmph." Ji Ning's knees only bent slightly. With his power now more than three times greater than before, how could the pure vase suck him in? It could not budge him at all! If the black chains had completely bound him and left him unable to resist, he would have been sucked in. But although the black chains were formidable, he could still resist them.

"What!" True Immortal Chibing watched from afar, his expression changing. "He... he was still hiding his strength. What a Ji Ning."

In a life-or-death battle, the most feared thing is the enemy still having hidden strength.

Only by knowing all the enemy's strength can one set a trap! But if the enemy is too strong, they can overturn the trap.

"Baiji, Qinghu, make your move now." True Immortal Chibing sent a telepathic message. "This Ji Ning is still hiding his strength. Even by consuming my golden core's origin, I can only temporarily trap him, not capture him. Now it's up to you."

The Netherworld Gate's plan this time was very thorough.

If True Immortal Chibing succeeded, that would be best.

But if he failed, his actions would still greatly tie down the Great Xia side, allowing the Netherworld Gate to launch a true fierce assault! Taking the opportunity to severely wound Great Xia, perhaps even rendering it completely unable to resist.

"Attack."

In the small world's magic treasure, the Netherworld Gate army, which had been silently preparing, received the order from True Immortal Baiji, who gave the command fiercely.

Boom~~~

Suddenly, the Netherworld Gate army appeared in midair.

Heavenly Gods and True Immortals, powerful figures like Sect Leader Qinghu, and even True Immortal Baiji, who had never acted before, all appeared! At the same time, two types of towering Heavenly God puppets appeared, each ten thousand zhang tall. The first type was the common Heavenly God puppet, pitch black with curved horns, the same kind that Ji Ning and his side possessed. The other type was somewhat translucent, faintly tinged with blood light, and appeared more slender.

There were six of the newly appeared black Heavenly God puppets.

And there were as many as sixteen of the newly appeared blood-colored Heavenly God puppets.

"Kill."

"Kill them all." True Immortal Baiji's white eyebrows fluttered, his stern face growing even colder, but his eyes held madness as he coldly gave the order, his voice resounding through heaven and earth.

"What!"

"How is this possible?"

"So many Heavenly God puppets?"

The Great Xia side was completely stunned.

Although they had guessed that the Netherworld Gate would hide some strength, they never imagined that after so long a struggle, the Netherworld Gate still had such terrifying hidden power! Six black Heavenly God puppets and sixteen blood-colored Heavenly God puppets... what terrifying power was this? Even the Xia Emperor had barely managed to obtain three Heavenly God puppets, and they were only the black ones, not the blood-colored ones. In terms of value, the blood-colored puppets were even higher.

"Clang, clang, clang." Ji Ning swung the Ananda Universal World Swords, desperately resisting the black chains.

The strongest of the seven Heavenly Punishments, the Heavenly Punishment Ji Ning, was completely tied down!

...

At this moment, it wasn't just Ji Ning and Tonghe Heavenly Immortal who were shocked; even the Xia Emperor and his side were stunned.

Earlier, when Ji Ning was in danger, the Xia Emperor had become greatly alarmed and immediately led his forces out. No matter what, although each of the seven Heavenly Punishments was important, the one that absolutely could not be lost was Ji Ning. Just Ji Ning alone was worth two or three other Heavenly Punishments! Moreover, once Ji Ning successfully passed the Heavenly Tribulation in the future, the impact would be even greater. A peerless prodigy who could step onto the threshold of the Heavenly God at the Void Return Demon God stage—how formidable would he be after breaking through to become a Heavenly God?

So the Xia Emperor absolutely could not allow him to be lost.

He appeared in person!

But...

Just as he appeared and was about to help Ji Ning, he found that Ji Ning had already held his own: "This Ji Ning, he was still hiding a trick. Good." The Xia Emperor was pleasantly surprised.

At that moment—

The Netherworld Gate army appeared.

"What!" The Xia Emperor saw the vast, overwhelming army of the Netherworld Gate and his expression changed.

In fact, he had also guessed that the Netherworld Gate had hidden many Heavenly Immortals, because among the four White-faced Flood Dragons, three of them... were composed of Heavenly Immortals and loose immortals who had originally defected from the Great Xia world! Only the White-faced Flood Dragon led by the Heavenly God Commander Dujue was likely the Netherworld Gate's own strength. Was that all the Netherworld Gate had? Impossible.

But the Xia Emperor had not expected so many Heavenly God puppets.

"It seems they truly value my Great Xia. They have mobilized so many precious Heavenly God puppets, including sixteen of the insidious and troublesome 'Blood Cloud Puppets'." The Xia Emperor's gaze turned icy. "Since that's the case, let's fight."

"Heavenly God Hanzheng, Heavenly God Zhuanshui, Heavenly God Beiwang, make your move." The Xia Emperor sent a telepathic message directly.

The Xia Emperor's status was extremely high.

His Great Xia world... was one of the top-tier major worlds under the command of Dao Ancestor Redscale! He also had the backing of the ancient imperial clan and Yinglong Ancestor, and his own strength was formidable. Over the endless years, how could the forces under his command be weak? Even worlds like Beishan Major World, which had been conquered long ago, had three to five Heavenly Gods and True Immortals.

Even 'Heavenly God Zhuanshui', who had always appeared somewhat disrespectful to the Xia Emperor, had long since sided with him.

Heavenly God Hanzheng was a Heavenly God born from the native demon gods of the Great Xia world. He had made a hundred-thousand-year pact with the Xia Emperor and had followed him in battle during that time.

Heavenly God Beiwang was very aloof. Just as the Xia Emperor had helped Ji Ning, he had once greatly assisted this Heavenly God Beiwang. When Beiwang finally became a Heavenly God, he naturally felt grateful. At critical moments, he firmly stood on the Xia Emperor's side.

In a vast space.

It was the fiery red world that imprisoned countless demon gods. But now, there was no more punishment in this fiery red world. Countless demon gods had been learning the ancient and primal demon god formation—the Pangu War Formation!

The Pangu War Formation was the oldest and most complex demon god formation.

After Pangu split heaven and earth and fell, the surviving mighty figures like Nuwa, including some weak demon gods, all greatly revered 'Pangu'... Because at that time, Nuwa had not yet broken through to the Pangu God realm. Out of worship for Pangu and gratitude for his creation of heaven and earth, many war formations created by demon gods in battle were named 'Pangu War Formation'.

Many Pangu War Formations existed, and even mighty figures went to perfect them.

It was only after Nuwa broke through to become a Pangu God and made the final refinements that the 'Pangu War Formation' was truly perfected! Only a handful of the most顶尖 mighty figures, fewer than ten, knew all the mysteries of this formation. Among them were, of course, the most ancient human emperors of the imperial clan, like Suiren and Fuxi.

What the Xia Emperor obtained was, of course, only a simplified version. But for a Heavenly God leading countless Void Return and Nascent Soul demon gods, this simplified version was sufficient. After all, if it were too profound, they wouldn't be able to use it well.

Countless demon gods were led by Heavenly God Hanzheng, Heavenly God Beiwang, and Heavenly God Zhuanshui!

They could form three Pangu War Formations!

"Heavenly God Hanzheng, Heavenly God Zhuanshui, Heavenly God Beiwang, make your move." The Xia Emperor's voice resounded through that world.

"It's time for us to act." Heavenly God Hanzheng grew excited and raised his head in a howl.

"Fight, fight, fight."

Countless demon gods' eyes reddened with excitement.

They were demon gods, born to fight heaven and earth. Battle intent had long been rooted in every demon god's bones. Imprisoned for endless ages, they had long craved battle.

"Out!"

The vast horde of demon gods, divided into three legions, each had a massive, almost tangible image of the most ancient and strongest god—Pangu—with bare feet, disheveled hair, and holding a giant axe, coalescing above them.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

All these demon gods were teleported out of that world to the outside.

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